Philosophical Debater Gifts

Discussion on Kierkegaard.

"And now Professor Weyfeld, of Columbia University, with some liberal claptrap."

'He's taking no chances since he turned atheist.'

Capital punishment right or wrong? For men or women?

'If we're supposed to have eternal life, how come we were created biodegradable?'

No atheists in Heaven.

"Do you think the flat earth society has members round the globe?"

"Well, I've tried both, and in all honesty, I'd have to say I prefer wretched excess to wretched minimalism!"

Church leader at desk has 3 boxes marked 'Black', 'White' and 'Gray Area'.

"When faced with a tricky ethical issue, I always ask the question, 'What's in it for me?'"

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Dialogue

"Intelligent design...well, duh!"

'A religious zealot denounces a toaster for working on the Sabbath'

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

Changing Minds

"Now that's a win."

'You'll never believe this - they've found the actual body of Jesus!'

'How do we SLEEP at night?'

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

'Forget it. Bioethics doesn't apply to us.'

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

Jesus Christ, Health Insurance CEO

Plant Parenthood...

"You can't offend me. I never mix religion or politics with reality."

"You atheists wouldn't exist without God!"

'You present a very convincing argument.'

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

"There is a medical use for marijuana. I sold it to pay my tuition at medical school."

Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.

"When we tested this medication on dogs, nobody noticed any side effects."

Memory Content is King